📍 801 Martin Luther King Drive, Carthage, Leake County, 39051
Leake Central Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Carthage, Leake County. The school has 415 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Leake Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Leake Central Junior High enrolls 415 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 20% White and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 232 | 56% |
| White | 85 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 415 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 415 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Leake Central Junior High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-20, state senate district 21, state house district 27.
Leake Central Junior High is one of 6 schools in Leake County School District, based in Carthage, Mississippi. The district serves 2,408 students district-wide and employs 192 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 415 students, Leake Central Junior High is close to the district average of about 401 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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